lost (to)

verb

Definition of lost (to)next
past tense of lose (to)
as in went down

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  1. went down
  2. fell
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  • Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Said differently, in a decade and a half, the number of players selected in the MLB Draft went down by approximately 40%.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
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  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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“Lost (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost%20%28to%29. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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